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- GLC#
- GLC03523.42.44-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 24 April 1864
- Author/Creator
- Stark, Lydia, fl. 1862-1864
- Title
- to her brother
- Place Written
- Baldwinsville, New York
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Writes about the nice weather they are having and that the children are outside playing in the back yard while her husband plays the violin. Gives him a detailed description of her home. Draws a small floor plan of the house. She has been busy cleaning the house, making carpets, and getting the children ready to start school. Herbert and Willie were greatly excited to receive his letters and will be writing to him again soon. She has read his letter to her friend Susan. Writes that she would like to visit the western part of the country. She is also excited for when he gets married. His nephews write him a short note at the end of the letter stating that they will write a longer letter soon.
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